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The contact details on these pages are for professional use. Contact your GP if you are a member of the public and need health advice.

Choosing the appropriate local contact at PHE

Centres are the front door for most of PHE’s local services across health improvement, healthcare public health and health protection. Depending on their size and geography, Centres may have one or more local health protection teams who can assist with specific health protection enquiries such as reporting a notifiable diseases and causative organisms.

Regions take a strategic view of the wider local public health system, with partners including leaders in NHS England, local government and Health Education England.

In a public health emergency, health professionals should use the emergency contacts page to find the right phone number.

Contact details for your region and local centre

The North of England region is made up of 3 centres: North East; Yorkshire and the Humber; and North West.

Regions

Regional teams guide and support the local public health system. They look at how the whole public health system is making progress with the Public Health Outcomes Framework. Regions also help train and develop the people who work in public health.

The role of regions is to:

make sure the system is transparent and accountable

manage strategic discussions with partners

give professional support and leadership to the public health system including jointly appointing directors of public health, clinical and medical supervision, and professional guidance and leadership

see that PHE centres provide consistently high-quality services, address local needs and priorities, and contribute to improving local health

make sure the region has a national emergency planning, resilience and response strategy